UNIVERSITY OF MALTA IMAGE: FRUIT FLIES, LONG USED TO UNDERSTAND HUMAN DISEASE, ARE ALSO THE HEROES OF LONG COVID RESEARCH (PHOTO BY UNIVERSITY OF MALTA/ANDREW GAUCI ATTARD). CREDIT: UNIVERSITY OF MALTA University of Malta researchers have discovered a potential cause of the persistent and often debilitating symptoms experienced by long COVID-19 patients. The new study published in...
by University of Exeter Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new largescale genetic analysis has found biological mechanisms that contribute to making people more susceptible to muscle weakness in later life, finding that diseases such as osteoarthritis and diabetes may play a large role in susceptibility. As we get older we lose muscle strength, and in some people...
Scientists have developed a simple clinical test that can assess the lower limb strength of patients to predict their risk of falls. STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY DESIGNED BY STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY CARTOON AND COMIC ARTS STUDENT JOSH THOMAS WHO WON A COMPETITION TO ILLUSTRATE THE STUDY. view more CREDIT: STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY/JOSH THOMAS The “enhanced paper grip test” validated...
An international team of scientists, led by University of Helsinki reported that vitamin B3, niacin, has therapeutic effect in progressive muscle disease. Niacin delayed disease progression in patients with mitochondrial myopathy, a progressive disease with no previous curative treatments. Vitamin B3 forms have recently emerged as potent boosters of energy metabolism in rodents. These vitamins...
New findings may explain why humans experience muscle weakness after sepsis recovery, and suggest the need for novel treatments to improve muscle health ELIFE Damage to energy-producing mitochondria may underlie prolonged muscle weakness following a sepsis-like condition in mice, according to a new study published today in eLife. The findings may explain why humans struggle...
